Quantity Surveyor

Kier Group; East Malling; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to join the Construction team in Stansted, Essex. The role focuses on managing commercial aspects, maximizing profitability, and building strong client and supplier relationships on regional projects.

Candidates should have experience in a similar role, with excellent communication and organisational skills. Proficiency in Microsoft Office is required, and some flexibility on hours is available for full-time employment.

Qualifications

• You have clear communication skills and experience working with multidisciplinary teams, clients and supply chains.
• You have demonstrable experience in a similar role.
• You have strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and work to deadlines.
• You're confident using IT packages including Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Managing commercial resources to maximise planned gross margin on assigned projects.
• Appointing contractors and subcontractors, and placing orders for materials and plant.
• Measuring and valuing work to support invoicing of customers and payment to suppliers.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, contractors and the wider supply chain.
• Identifying contractual and commercial risks and proposing ways to mitigate them.

Skills

clear communication

experience in similar role

strong organisational skills

Microsoft Office

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

We're looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join our Construction team based in Stansted, Essex.

Location: Stansted, Essex
Hours: Full-time - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Construction team, where you'll play a vital role in managing the commercial aspects of our projects. Working on significant regional building projects, you'll help maximise profitability whilst building strong relationships with clients, contractors and suppliers. You'll be part of a supportive team that values collaboration and diverse perspectives, contributing to projects that make a real difference in sectors including education, health, and aviation.

What will you be responsible for?

• Managing commercial resources to maximise planned gross margin on assigned projects
• Appointing contractors and subcontractors, and placing orders for materials and plant
• Measuring and valuing work to support invoicing of customers and payment to suppliers
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, contractors and the wider supply chain
• Identifying contractual and commercial risks and proposing ways to mitigate them

What are we looking for?

• You have clear communication skills and experience working with multidisciplinary teams, clients and supply chains
• You have demonstrable experience in a similar role
• You have strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
• You're confident using a range of IT packages including Microsoft Office

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.